Matson/$MATX
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About Matson
Matson Inc is engaged in providing ocean transportation and logistics services. The company has two reportable business segments: Ocean Transportation and Logistics. The Ocean Transportation segment provides ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Okinawa, and different islands in the South Pacific. The Logistics segment offers long-haul and regional highway trucking services, warehousing and distribution services, supply chain management, and freight forwarding services. The firm generates the majority of its revenue from the Ocean Transportation segment.
- Ticker
- $MATX
- Sector
- Mobility
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 4,170
- Headquarters
- Honolulu, United States
- Website
- www.matson.com
Matson Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$7B
15.71
$14.94
1.26
$1.46
0.65%
Price and volume
Market cap
$7B
Beta
1.26
52-week high
$240.87
52-week low
$86.97
Average daily volume
270K
Dividend rate
$1.46
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.888
Quick ratio
0.753
Long term debt to equity
0.196
Total debt to equity
0.12
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
9.62%
Interest coverage (TTM)
76.55%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
675.9
Gross margin (TTM)
23.02%
Net profit margin (TTM)
13.41%
Operating margin (TTM)
14.64%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
15.93%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$830,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.89%
Return on equity (TTM)
17.21%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
15.714
Price to revenue (TTM)
2.08
Price to book
2.55
Price to tangible book (TTM)
3.07
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
65.047
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
1.54%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.608
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.62%
Forward dividend yield
0.65%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-0.16%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
0.84%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
0.63%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.84%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
6.36%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
20.15%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
5.11%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
7.18%
What the Analysts think about Matson
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Bulls say / Bears say
Matson’s China service is showing strong operating momentum: second-quarter container volume rose 15.2%, freight rates beat expectations, and management expects the service to be at or near capacity through peak season. It also guides for third-quarter Ocean Transportation operating income to be about 45% above the year-earlier period. (PR Newswire, Last10K)
Matson is generating enough cash to fund shareholder returns while reducing leverage. First-half operating cash flow was $231.6 million, debt fell to $341.3 million, and the company repurchased about $67.8 million of shares in the second quarter. (PR Newswire, Investor Relations)
The Logistics segment is beginning to add breadth to the earnings recovery. Second-quarter revenue rose 30.4%, operating income increased year on year, and management expects full-year Logistics operating income to exceed 2025’s result. (Last10K, PR Newswire)
The current China-led earnings surge may not persist at the same level. Matson expects fourth-quarter demand to return to more traditional seasonality and says fourth-quarter Ocean Transportation operating income will be modestly below the unusually strong 2025 comparison. (PR Newswire, Last10K)
Higher fuel prices are creating a timing risk even though Matson expects to recover the cost eventually. Management said the Iran conflict had lifted fuel prices across its markets and that the lag before fuel surcharges catch up would weigh on near-term earnings. (PR Newswire, PR Newswire)
Fleet renewal is absorbing substantial capital and could limit near-term free cash flow. Matson spent $255.5 million on capital expenditure in the first half against $231.6 million of operating cash flow, while its full-year plan includes roughly $400 million for vessel construction alongside maintenance spending. (PR Newswire, 24/7 Wall St.)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 22 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Matson
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Fund name | Fund size | $MATX weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.40% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.40% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.23% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | €7.8B | 0.02% |
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